The hooting of an owl about a house was considered a sign of ill luck, if not of death. This superstition has found a place in rhyme: | Os y ddylluan ddaw ir fro, Lle byddo rhywun afiach, Dod yno i ddweud y maen ddinâd, Na chaiff adferiad mwyach.| If an owl comes to those parts,Where someone sick is lying, She comes to say without a doubt, That that sick one is dying.

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